02/26/2012

This
chapter will discuss the method of research to be used, the respondents of the
study, the sampling
technique, the instrument to be used, the validation of the instrument, the
administration of the instrument and the statistical treatment of the data that
will be gathered.

Method of
Research to be Used

This study will use the descriptive approach.
This descriptive type of research will use interview, observation and
questionnaires in the study. The purpose of employing this method is to
describe the nature of a situation as it exists at the time of the study and to
explore the cause/s of particular phenomena.

This study will determine whether hourly
employees are motivated by
financial rewards while people in
management are motivated by recognition of their work. Specifically, the
study will determine their level of work responsibility, the factors that affect
their level of motivation and de-motivation, their level of satisfaction in
their current job, the factors that make them stay with or want to leave their
current job, their level of satisfaction with their
compensation,
the presence of benefits and
opportunities, the management style, and their
professional relationship with peers and superiors.

The primary
source of data will come from a researcher-made survey questionnaire that will
be given to the respondents. The respondents of this study will be randomly
selected office workers within the city.

For this
research design, the researcher will gather data, collate published studies from
different local and foreign universities and articles from social science
journals, distribute sampling questionnaires; arrange interviews; and make a
content analysis of the collected documentary and verbal material.
Afterwards, the researcher will summarize all the information, make a conclusion
based on the null hypotheses posited and provide insightful recommendations on
the effectiveness of rewards and recognition programs in motivating employees in
their work.

Respondents of the Study

The general
population for this study will be composed of 200 workers, both from rank and
file and management level, with offices located within the city,

Sampling Techniques

The
researcher will use cluster and random sampling. First, the researcher will
cluster five (5)-identified companies within the city that has
employee-incentive plans, and classify subjects according to their work
responsibility. From each classified cluster of subjects, the researcher will
randomly pick respondents for the questionnaire

To
facilitate the sampling, the researcher will seek the aid of the human resources
department of each of the identified companies in sorting out employees
according to their work-level in the company (rank and file or management
level). From the sorted list, the researcher will randomly pick the respondents
to the questionnaire. The researcher will pick 20 respondents per work-level
from each of the five companies for a total of 200 respondents.

Instruments to be Used

To
determine whether hourly employees are motivated by financial rewards while
people form the management are motivated by recognition of their work, the
researcher has prepared a questionnaire for 200 respondents.

Validation of the Instrument

For
validation purposes, the researcher will initially submit a survey questionnaire
and after approval, the survey will be given to ten respondents. After the
survey questionnaire will be answered, the researcher will ask the respondents
for any suggestions or any necessary corrections to ensure further improvement
and validity of the instrument. The researcher will again examine the content
of the survey questionnaire to find out the reliability of the instrument. The
researchers will exclude irrelevant questions and will change words that would
be deemed difficult by the respondents to much simpler terms.

Administration of the Instrument

The
revised instrument will then be administered to the respondents of the study
which will be chosen through a combination of cluster and random sampling. The
researcher will exclude the ten respondents who will be initially used for the
validation of the instrument. The researcher will also tally, score and
tabulate all the relevant data in the survey questionnaire.

Statistical Treatment of Data

1.When all the survey
questionnaire will have been collected, the researcher will use statistics to
analyze all the data using the percentage to determine the magnitude of the
responses to the questionnaire.